Air Shipments – Cargo or Cargo has a simple meaning, which is all goods sent by air (airplane), sea (ship), or land (truck or container) that are needed by every potential customer with various functions and uses both between regions and outside the province to go abroad, which is commonly called Export-Import. And this air cargo is one of the services provided by Mitra Logistics.
Advantages of Air Shipping
Each shipment has its own advantages based on the service received, here are the advantages of air shipping, among others:
- Speed factor
- The process of loss and damage is not too high due to the air shipping process
Disadvantages of Air Shipping
Behind these advantages, there are some disadvantages, namely:
- Limited cubic volume
- Weight tonnage is also limited
- Sensitive to weather conditions and flight safety
- Short loading-unloading time
Types of Cargo Aircraft for Air Shipping
Almost all flights can now transport all shipments such as Garuda, Lion Air, Citilink, Sriwijaya, and Batik Air, and the types of aircraft that use Pallet baggage are:
- Air bus
- Boeing
- Jumbo Jet
Types and Delivery of Cargo Goods by Air
Unlike shipping via land, for air cargo shipments, there are several types of cargo that can be processed by air, including:
- General Cargo > goods that are not hazardous and are not easily damaged, rotten, or easily die and their size can fit in the airplane room, such as examples: Garment, spare parts, and electronics.
- Special Cargo > Goods that require special handling, such as examples of Live Animals such as chicks, fish, and there are also Human remains (HUM), namely corpses that use coffins. In item no. 1, if the goods are easily damaged, it is suitable to use this type of cargo. There are also perfume oils and human organs and diplomatic consignments.
- Dangerous Goods, commonly referred to as DG > Examples of these goods such as machinery, bullets, firecrackers, fireworks, vaporized goods such as Hydrogen, and liquid goods.
Classes of Hazardous Goods (DG)
For the type of Dangerous Goods (DG), the airline always asks for proof of MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) or goods safety data sheet, usually in the sheet, there are types of goods included in DG, and Mitra Logistics always checks the data based on the classes of these materials, and there are 9 classes, namely:
- Class 1 > Explosive goods
- Class 2 > Flammable goods if pressed
- Class 3 > Items that are flammable when exposed to friction/fire
- Class 4 > Powder items that are easily exposed to water and flammable
- Class 5 > Volatile goods when inhaled by humans/animals and the effect will faint/drowsiness
- Class 6 > Items that contain poison
- Class 7 > Radioactive items
- Class 8 > Items containing acidic substances
- Class 9 > Items containing magnets that affect airplane compasses
If Your Shipment is Urgent, Why Should it be Via Land? Air Shipment is the Solution
If the conditions are urgent or need to arrive quickly, but sometimes potential customers because they want cheap costs, finally dare to take risks for goods on land, which ultimately have an effect on complaints to the goods, the contents of the goods may contain types of perishable goods, etc. So our solution is that the goods sent can be handled in accordance with the restrictions and contents of the goods. Then how about the shipping rates? The shipping rate if using air that must book SMU (air cargo letter) must be a minimum of 10kg, while land shipments must be a minimum of 50 or 100kg, depending on the area.Air shipments are chosen for reasons as we have explained above, starting from the type of goods, the length of time for delivery. MITRA LOGISTICS can not only send goods with Sea and Land services but is equipped with Air shipments. Service is our main capital in order to retain potential customers. If there is anything you want to know, please contact our customer service directly at 0812.5883.387 (Cut Ayu Agustina).
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